EPA and DoJ To Hold Briefing on Home Renovation Settlement

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Cynthia Giles and the Acting Assistant Attorney General Robert G. Dreher of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division will participate in a press briefing and conference call on a major environmental settlement addressing children’s health. The briefing and call will be held today, Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. EDT.

WHO:
Cynthia Giles, EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division

BY PHONE: 202-353-0880 (Members of the media should dial in ten minutes prior to start of call.)
Toll free: 1-800-521-6079
Passcode: 15057606#

NOTE: Pen and pad briefing only (no cameras). All media must present government-issued photo I.D. (such as a driver’s license) as well as valid media credentials. Media must enter the department at the visitor’s entrance on Constitution Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets. Media may begin arriving at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to the DoJ Office of Public Affairs at 202-514-2007.